Hand held tire pressure gauge and method for assisting a user to determine whether a tire pressure is within a target range using a hand-held tire pressure gauge
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1. A handheld tire pressure gauge comprising:
- a housing adapted to fit in a user'"'"'s hand, the housing containing;
a memory capable of storing at least one target tire pressure value and at least one measured tire pressure value;
a display capable of presenting information in at least a graphical form;
a pressure sensor;
a processor being operatively coupled to said display, pressure sensor and memory; and
code being stored in said memory and operable by said processor to;
retrieve said at least one target tire pressure value from said memory, determine a pressure sensed by said pressure sensor, and cause said display to present said target tire pressure and said pressure sensed by said pressure sensor.
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Abstract
A handheld tire pressure gauge including: a display; a pressure sensor; a memory; a processor being operatively coupled to the display, pressure sensor and memory; and, code being stored in the memory and operable by the processor to: retrieve at least one value indicative of a target tire pressure from the memory, determine a pressure sensed by the pressure sensor, and, cause the display to present information indicative of the target tire pressure and sensed pressure.
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21 Claims
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1. A handheld tire pressure gauge comprising:
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a housing adapted to fit in a user'"'"'s hand, the housing containing; a memory capable of storing at least one target tire pressure value and at least one measured tire pressure value; a display capable of presenting information in at least a graphical form; a pressure sensor; a processor being operatively coupled to said display, pressure sensor and memory; and code being stored in said memory and operable by said processor to;
retrieve said at least one target tire pressure value from said memory, determine a pressure sensed by said pressure sensor, and cause said display to present said target tire pressure and said pressure sensed by said pressure sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for assisting a user to compare a tire pressure with a target tire pressure using a handheld digital tire pressure gauge having a housing adapted to fit in a user'"'"'s hand, comprising:
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presenting graphically a tire on a display; retrieving at least one value indicative of said target tire pressure for said displayed tire; displaying said at least one value indicative of said target tire pressure on said display; sensing a tire pressure; and displaying said at least one value indicative of said target tire pressure and a value indicative of the sensed tire pressure. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A handheld tire pressure gauge comprising:
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a housing adapted to fit in a user'"'"'s hand, the housing containing; a memory capable of storing at least one target tire pressure value and at least one measured tire pressure value; a display capable of presenting information in at least a graphical form; a pressure sensor; a speaker; a processor being operatively coupled to said display, pressure sensor, speaker and memory; and code being stored in said memory and operable by said processor to; retrieve said at least one target tire pressure value from said memory, determine a pressure sensed by said pressure sensor, cause said speaker to emit an audio signal upon successfully sensing said pressure and cause said display to present a value indicative of said sensed pressure for a predetermined period of time.
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21. A handheld tire pressure gauge comprising:
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a housing adapted to fit in a user'"'"'s hand, the housing containing; a memory; a display capable of presenting information in at least a graphical form; a pressure sensor; a port at a first end of said housing, said port allowing said pressure sensor to be subjected to a tire pressure; a lighting source disposed substantially adjacent to said port; a processor being operatively coupled to said display, memory and pressure sensor; and code being stored in said memory and operable by said processor to; retrieve said at least one target tire pressure value from said memory, determine a tire pressure sensed by said pressure sensor, and cause said display to present said at least one target pressure value and said tire pressure sensed by said pressure sensor.
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